History of Western Philosophy, Russel: Ch-9 Atomists

4/2/2016:
- Leucippus, from Miletus, 440 BC.
- Democritus, 420 BC. - contemporary of Socrates and Sophist
- Known together
- Led to atomism in attempt to mediate between monism (by Parmenides) and pluralism (by Empedocles).
- Everything composed of Atoms - physically indivisible.
- Atoms are in state of collision and forms vortices.
- Atomist explained world without final cause - teleology.
- so more scientific
- Brief account of atomists considering..
  * void, not-being
  * Newton
  * Descartes
  * Leibinz, system of relations
- Democritis, materialist
- Last philosopher free from certain fault